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Fruit( Vinegar) Flies-can anyone tell which one. - Drosophila
Copyright © 2007 Lynn Bergen

Fruit( Vinegar) Flies-can anyone tell which one. - Drosophila
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
October 4, 2007
Size: small
These were in my kitchen checking out some peaches.
I'm wondering if this a mating ritual, the one on the right looks like like it might be bringing the other something.
Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 27 October, 2008 - 5:03pm
Last updated 2 February, 2009 - 1:47pm

Actually the common name is V
Actually the common name is Vinegar Fly (as I recently learned) and they're likely in the genus of Drosophila.
… MrILoveTheAnts, 27 October, 2008 - 10:44pm

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